Tire-carrier for automobiles



C. CI STEEL AND T. H. LYNN.

TIRE CARRIER FOR AUIOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I, i919. 1,327,742. latent/ed. 3311.13, 1920.

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APPLICAUON man MAR. 1, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Application tiled March 7, 191e. Sofia?. lo.261,263.

To @ZZ whom may condom.:

Be it known that wej CHARLES C. STEEL and noems H. LYNN, citizens of theUnited StatesS and residents ci Williamsport, in the county of Lycomingand State of Pennsylvanie, have invented. eeitein new and usefulimprovements in rlife-Carriers forAutoinobiles; and do hereby decleiethe following to oe e Jfull, cieux, end exact description of theinvention, such as Will enable others skilled in the to which' itappeiteins to nielie and use the saine.

@or invention ieietefi: en improvement in tii'e ceiiier for automobile9the object being to proviile :in improved device adapted to secuecl etthe reni' end or et 'the side of in automobile for safely carrying oneor more extra demounteble rims or tires, and it coi ists in the detailsof construction es will be more fully described and pointed out in theclaims, l

in the eecoinpenyiiig drawings Figure l is e vfew in elevation et oui'in'ipioveinent showing @rim with e tire thereon, secured to theifoi'riei; Fig. 2 is e. view in section ,'oilf` the seme on the line ofFig. l; Fig. Slis e sniilei view on the line of Fig. ll i is e viewsimilar to Fig. 3 showing the rim locking means open and the iiin and.its iii-e detached; Fig. 5 is en oni-erge@ View of one of the lockinglinks :incl part of the toggle levei, ring, sind the ring brace,l e-.rllligs. (i, "7, 8 und 9 are views of nioclificetione. l represents e ringoi' hoop mede of metal and ot o. size to snugiy lit Within a standardsize rim 1l emi form e solid sup-- port for the letter. This ringshouldbe ne Wider thon the iim and is ineileiably of less Width. so thatthe iettei' will, when on the ring, be directly engaged by the lugs-onthe ring .and linke, and be held firmly from any movement andremovei,`except of Ycoiuse by the one having' the Key to the lock.

The ring i0 is stiengtheneci by the tionsveise brace 1Q, and is Mloptedto be seeureii by :any meen to tbe automobile pieLteiebly et the fearthereof.

Secured to the ying i0, vat the top., is ,the Sandie i3* n1. which therim l1 snugly rests Aend which absolutely pre/vente oily displace- )mentof the rim or fe at the top. The brace eri at its enfle to the beckete11i iveteci c the ione-'r 'foce of the Ting i0., sind each bracket, isilnovidoli with e lug 13 ii-o jeciing beyond the peziphery of the ringend ai position to one eide of the demounteble iim foi' holding theletterl against displacement in one direction. These lugs 13 are locatedet diemetricelly opposite points on the ring, and the brackets carryingthe lugs are tied together by the brace l2. j

Pivotelly secured. to the two brackets le are the links l5, each ofwhich is provided et its outer end with en integi'el lug 16, adoptedwhen the links are in closed or locking position to project outwardlybe1youd the ring l0 and engage che i'iin l1 et e point directly oppositeits companion lugr '13, the tivo lugs 13 and i6 being seperatedsuiciently to i'eceive e standard size im between there. The tivopivoted linke l ere connected by the two ieveie i7 and i8.

the lever 17 being pivotoily secured at one end to one link andpivoter]L et its other end to en elbow 19 on level.` 3.8. Lever 18 ispivoted :it one end to e, link l5 und is free et its othei` end, itsfree enel teimineting elongeifle of the peiiorziteo shoulder 2O onlevez1 l Z. lt is provided. its i'ee emi with ay hoie for the passage othe hesp o e. lock which also passes through the lioie in the shoulder2O foi-'iocling the ports in their closed position.

With this construction. it 'will be seen that by unlocking the lever 18and moving it to its open position esshown in Fig. 4, the two linksvviil be drawn inwardly thus removing the lugs l5 out of the pleine ofthe 'outer' surface of the :ring7 enel. permitting a tire on the fino'to be removed oi one to be placed in position. is beoi'e explained eachiing'is adapted to receive e standard rim, and after the ietteif hasboenpieeed in position and locked in place, it will be held against theTJoseib'ility of eceicientei lose oi displacement, ,and een not beremoved en cept by' the release of the looking" ineens eonneeting thefree en@ of the leve? i8 to the lever .llt wiii also be seen that thetire ie coi'iiefi on o ring anni therefore' equeiiy throughout itsentire inner surface which prevents segginp; 01- distoition clue to theWeight and vibetion, and .which also prevents injurious contact of theiinh's with the rim or tire. Again byiocating the links within tbe i"[line with the i hijs) any speeding; of the ring and the thei'eon, fineto the action ot the lever prev-fen u ze oeeii'ebie to in eeeee wneie itPotente@ 15.53; iwf/fetaA anni bracing the ring on o carry two tires,elongated links l5Zt and saddle 18a shown in Figs. 8 and 9 can besubstituted for the shorter ones shown in the other figures. With suchconstruction one tire would be carried on the ring and the other on theextension 'ofthe links. Again instead of employing the levers shown inFigs. l and 5 inclusive, for manipulating and locking the links. we mayemploy two levers 17n 18L of about equal length pivotcd togetherapproximately at the center-of the ring as shown in Fig. 6, or we mayconnect the ends of two levers 171 18" to a disk 21 as shown in Fig. 7,the disk being mounted on a post 22 secured to the brace 1Q. ln theconstruction shown in Fig. 6, the free end of lever 18 is provided witha projection 23 adapted to pass through the bifurcated end of lever 17?uand be locked by a lock the hasp of which passes through a hole inprojection Q3. In the construction shown in Fig. thevhandle 24 isprovided at its free end with a projection having a hole therethroughwhich alines with a hole 9.5 in lever 18b for the passage of a lockingdevice.

It is evident that many slight changes might be resorted to in therelative arrangement of parts shown land describedwithout departing fromthe spirit and scope ofour invention hence we would have it understoodthat wedo not wish to confine ourselves to the Iexact construction andarrange ment of parts shown and described, but

Having fully described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a tire carrier, t-he combination-ot a ring forming a continuousseat for a tire rim, two oppositely disposed Xed lugs pro jectingoutwardly beyond the periphery oi' the ring for engagement with one edgeo1` side of' the rino, a centrally disposed brace ttor the ring, pivotedlinks located within the ring and each provided with an outwardlyprojecting lug, the lugs on the linka adapted .to engage the other edgeor-side of the tire, and lever mechanism connecting the two links forholding them inlocking position and for moving them into andout ot'locking position.

2, ln. a tire carrier, the combination of a ring -forming a continuousseat for a tire rnn9 two oppositely disposed fixed lugs provjectingoutwardly beyond the periphery of the ring for engagement with. one edgeoi side of the rim; a brace for the ring, the said rim, a centrallydisposed brace, tiXed lugs .in

line with the brace and projecting outwardly beyond the periphery of thering to engage one edge or side of a'rim, a link pivotally securedwithin the ring adjacent each end of the brace, each link having an.outwardly projecting lug to engage the other edge or ide of the rim,and lever mechanism foi moving the links and lugs thereon into lockingand unlocking position.

4l. ln a tire carrier, the combination of a ring forming a continuousseat for. a tire rim, brackets secured to the inner face of the ring atdiametrically opposite points, a brace connecting the two brackets,fixed lugs located in line with' the brace and projecting` beyond theperiphery of the ring to engage one side or edge et' the rim, linkspivoted to the brackets and each provided with an .outwardly vprojectinglug to engage the other side or edge of the rim, and lever mechanism formoving said links.

5. ln a tire carrier, the combination of ring forming 1a continuous'seatfor a tiro rim, oppositely disposed brackets secured tf the inner faceof the rim, each bracket haw ing a fixed lug projecting outwardly beyondthe periphery of' the ring to engage one side or edge of a rim, a bracesecured at its end; to the brackets. links pivoted to the brackets andeach having a lug adaj'ited to project outwardly beyond the ring andengage the other side or edge of the rim and lever mechanism foractuating the links.

ln testimony whereof we have signed this speciica-tion.

